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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-11-02

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oughly equipped road IN Il1inOis, WiscongiA
Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota and DAkots. 5ss
4 IL is tho HEST Direct Route between -
principal points In the NOrthw ST eouth-1
west And Far Vest. II 3t55#s
+ For maps, time tables, rates Of passAgs -,
freight, etc, spply TO the nearest station ageD
Of the CH1oAao,s MILWAUKEE j sT. PAUL RAH
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World.
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and Towns owned by the CHICAGO, MI1sWAU
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Waltkee, Wisconsin
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-11-02
SCHOOL, AND CHURCH

.
DR. TalmAg s church in Brooklyn
received 728 membership the past year.
This mikes the entire membership
,O30,
hat is thatp'' said teacher to
an infant pupil, pointing to a period.
That is the top Of OF an ~ said the
child. ttts,
In 1850 we had in the United States
some 5. 642, 694 school children, and the
entire amount then being expended for
educational purposes was GIG, 1862, COO.
AT the last religious census of
Switzerland, taken in 1880, the little
republic contained 1867, 100 Protest
ants; 1, 100. 1872 Catholics; 1878 Jews.
and 70, 838 Of other religious afilia-
ton. b. i. 3 3
One hundred new students are en-
rolled this year in Lafayette College,
making total of two hundred and
seyenty-eight One of the freshmen is
the son of the head Of the department
of Marine Engineering in Japan.
Morality without reli gion is only
kind of dead reckoning an endeayor
to find our place on a cloudy sea by
measuring the distance we have run, .
but without any observation Of the
heavenly bodies. Indianapolis Jour
mall. -, .s5g' s 3 IS.
The Roman Catholic Church. BY:
the recent action of German Govern
ment, has been awarded exclusive mis-
sionary jurisdiction over territory Of
some two thousand square miles in
East Equatorial Africa United Pres
byterian. q
AS an Illustration of the mission
airy spirit of the native churches Of
Bengal, the call made for a Bengal
preacher for the Bengal coolies in the
Fiji Islands was responded to by ten
eligible young men. - indian Methodist
Times. s5sss4t s. :s..s -.,-t, .,-e.
"A seminary for the education Of
missionaries among the Jews has been
established at Leipzig, the second of
the kind in the world, the other being
in London. The new venture is under
the personal direction of the venerable
Prof Delitzsch. -,"/ss e
z--One hundred and thirty of the one
thousand prisoners in the New Jer-
sey penitentiary have taken advantage
of the school privilege granted them
by the last Legislature and organ
lied classes. The teachers at the OPEN
ing session were two weu-educated
convicts. <'.
DIR. Harper states that $100,O00
has been secured for the Christian Col !.
lege in. CHINA, of which he is to be
president He asks for an additional
$50, 900 at once, for grounds and build
ings. The income on the 100000 is
to be used for the support of the pro-
fessors. z. Independent. : Z
1t is stated on good authority that
there are now in New England 191, 600
people who can neither read nor write;
5000 in Pennsylvania and 241. 900 in
New York, while the total for the
whole country reaches nearly 6, 600. 900,
or ten per cent. of the population. It
is reasonable to believe that, outside OF.
the great cities which have public
libraries, sixty per cent of the popula-
ton never read any thing but the per-
sonal items and s:locals'' in the news
papers. -Morasing Herald. Baltimore.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-11-02
Working Glasses E E :; :: 4; !:

classes with employment at home. the whole 81
the time or for their spare moments. Business
new, light and profitable. Persons OF either sex
easily earn from so cents to IS. 90 per evening
and . proportional sum by devotfng all their
time to the business. Boys and girls can earn
may send their address and test the business,
We make this Offer. To such as are not we'll
satisfied We will send one dollar to pay for the
trouble OF writing. Full particulars and out
At free Address GEORGE szNsoN 4 Co., Port.
land. Maine. sF-s
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-11-02
MEASURING YACHTS.

Explanation of tho Rules Applying to
American Racing Craft.
Every yacht is rated for time allow
ance according to its ''racing length" "
This length depends upon several
factors representing bgth sail area
and water line length. The following
rule applies to American yachts: To
the square root of the sail area add
twice the load water line length, and
divide the sum by three:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-11-02
Mulhatton Outdone..

Here's another laundering lightning sto.
~. Il comes from Lincoln, Neb, where q
young girl was dressing il her room during
Il thunder storm. 4 Her prsg dog ran ii. She
lclaspad il fto her bosom. A lash of light
ming instantly killed it.s She was horrifled
ltd find that an image Of her dog Ind been
fphotographed on her bosom. There seems ,
IS be no way of removing the picture.
which gives every shade color and wrinkle
lof the canine,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-11-02
Mexican Humor.

Before the Inspector Of police:
.5.s IL Oh say that this man has
knocked you down and kicked youp"
5s.. X 90, sir. Il.
.ss /. Are you related to him in any
way ~
!. i am his moth erin law
Then what are you omplaining
5aboutp'' asks the eomnnissary ii Wor-
der as he shows her the door, soo
Repa blics
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-11-02
Inhammatory Rheumatism Cured.

ROME, NY.
GENTLEMEN: II willingly give the fol-
lowing testimonial: have used Dr.. Par
dee's Rheumatic Remedy and / can truth
fully say it is the best medicine that have
ever taken. I tried doctors and many
but they did me no good
This is the remedy that has cured me of
infammatory rheumatism. would like
to tell those who are troubled with it, that
this is the s,lrest and cheapest cure for
them to buy. Yours respectfully, s.
BENZ. J.. BASENFELDER.
John Adams, Of Engine House No: $.
Rochester, NY, was confined to his bed
with infammatory rheumatism. He used
three bottles of DR.. Pardee's Remedy ali.
is now able to be about. Can walk with
out crutch or cane. He says: sit is the
best remedy on earth. I am recommend
ing it to every one see that is afflicted
with rheumatism"
Ask your druggist for DR.. Pardee's
Remedy, and take no other. Price, 81 pen
bottle; six bottles, S.. 90
Pardee Medicine Co., Rochester, n
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-11-02
~ A PITIABLE SIGHT. IF
4 Little Child Scarcely Three Years Old Drawn
Il. ont Of Shape by Infammatory Rheumatism.
ROCHESTER,, NY, May Is, 1886.

PGfdee Medicine 10. 4
Z GENTLEMEN: We desire to express o,,l
feelings of gratitude for the great blessing
received at your hands in restoring to us
in perfect health, our little three.year- old
son, who for weeks has been very great
sufferer with infammatory rheumatism.
His little hands and arms were badly i'm
famed and SO drawn out of shape that we
feared he would never again have the use
of them; but thanks to DR.. Pardee's excel.
lent remedy, he is now entirely free from
pain and has free use of his hands and
arms; in fact is in better health than ever
before. We feel that your remedy has
performed almost a miracle, and believe it
to be the best on eartii, and recommend it
to any afflicted with rheumatism.
We are very truly yours, Fl,
=. Mr.. & Mrs. II. KLEEKIN1ER.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-04

4 lady writes to the New York Herald
I'm reference TO French customs with
regard to young unmarried women. She
says:
Zone day I called on a friend. Mile
Emelie daughter of the Baroness Of NJ.
one or the most respected families of the
Faubourg st. German. Emelie was
shocked at my boldncss. and assured me
that she never was out alone but once i'm
her lilo.
Not long after I went with a friend to
call on young French girl vino was
about to be married. We found the
fanccc in anything but an amialic frame
of mind. owing, she explained, to hen
inability to receive her fuiHTc husband.
who had called three times. Her mother
was suffering from rheumatism and could
not accompany her to the drawing room.
so he WIS compelled to 90 away without
seeing her.
Another incident occurred while
was at school i'm Paris. The girls re-
turned from the New Year vacations and
impaired the news that Marie r. would
not come back as she was going TO he
married. She was barely seventeen and
had a small fortune Of 5U,OuDf The gem
tlcman in question had proposed TO her
grandmother COR her hand and boon uc-
ceptcd. On the daN Of the wcddur we
all went to the church and waved -iarie
'GOod-by on her way TO Italy
So Three months after she RETURNED
alone deceived. ill-treated, penn. less
and deserted.
''Such a thing Is never known in FTlnce
"a a young lady being wooed before mar
riaEe, but once the ceremony accom-
plished everything is open to her"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-04
A GIGANTIC IMPROVEMENT.
First American Train Run by Telegraph.

First American Train Run by Telegraph
In 1850 the Erie road was in operation
between Piermont and Elmira. The
track was a single one such a thing as
double track was. then unknown IN the
country.
Two years before after much discus
sion and opposition, a telegraph wire had
been put up along the line. Superiuten-
dent AlinUt. who was a man long way
In advance Of the times, was strong
believer in the practicability Of the tele-
graph as a facilitator OF transportation
on railroads
In the summer OF 1850 he was pas
senger one day on a we-tb0uud train over
his road. The train be was ou. according
to the printed timetable. was TO meet
through train from the West at Turner's
Station, fOrty-seven miles from New
York.
When Mr Minotrs train reached Tur-
ner's. he learned that the eastbound train
was six hours late, owing to some mis-
hap. Under the system Of raifrusding
then governing employees the westbOund
train had 10 remain at Turner's until the
delayed train had passed the station. In
fact the whole business OF the road from
there west was at a StaudstiU owing 70
the n0n-arrival Of the train at the differ
ent stations where other trains were
awaiting IT,
Superintendent Ninot saw at once how
ridiculous such a system was. There
was "A telegraph Office at Turner's and Il
was then the only one between that sta
tiOu and Jersey City. The Superluten-
dent went 10 the Office and made the
operators hair stand by sending a mes
sage 10 the station agent at Port Jervis
that he intended 70 run tho train he was
on from Turner'S TO Port Jervis on the
time of the belated easthCuud train He
ordered the agent not TO let any train
leave rhat station going East until the
train he was on arrived there. He also
ordered the agent TO telegraph 10 him
how he understood the message
The answer was satisfactory, and the
Superintendent went TO the conductor Of
the train and told him to start on with
his train. The conductor refused 10 do
so. and the Superintendent discharged
him on the spot.
AIinot then ordered the engineer %
pull out. The engineer said that he
would not take the risk, and In the arCu-
meut that followed the Superintendent
dragged the engineer from the cab, gave
him an elegant dressing out, and mounted
the fDot-hOarl himself
He ran the train TO Port JerviR and
sent it on West as far as NarrOwsburg
before il met the late train, thus saving
the passengers five hours. and settling
forever the question Of the accuracy ~
the telegraph ia running railroad trains.
Il Utica Observer
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-04
Making A whistle out Of a Pig'sTan.

It has commonly been supposed that
the wit of man was not equal to the task
of transforming a pig 5 tail into whistle.
Hence the familiar expression to indicate
the impossible runs, You might a. we'll
try to make a whistle out Of a pigs
tail"
But the world was long ago taught
that some things can be done as well as
Others-that an egg, for instance al
though in theory as aycrsc to standing on
end as pigs tail is to bccominga q whistle.
viii readily assume that position Just a.
soon as masterful genius like Columbus
comes along. A few weeks ago Tho
Rochester Democrat. having Occu~iou to
refer TO pigs tails and whistles. took
occasion 20 assert that the latter could
not loo fashioned from the fur.rr. where
upon a reader Of that paper preceded ro
convict il of error Icy forwurliu. Cd the
Democrats Sauctum an uulruiaLlr
whistle fashioned from an Obvious pigs
tail, '' carefully packed in neat box"
Some OF the visitors to the Philadcl-
phia Exposition of 1876 doubtless r,amcm-
Der seeing among the attractions OF one
of the departments another OF these
traditiOu-,lclyiuE Instruments. As has
hoCu before remarked We are living in q
great age New York Tribune.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-04

The Introduction Of the mc-aphone on
shiphOarl-a sort Of telescope for the
ear, or machine for magiiyinE sounds
Saidto Doe "a boon in prospect for mariners.
Its design Is to enable q person To hear or
carry on a conversation with VerVle al a
distance. and IL iS constructed of two
huge cone-shapcd tubes. eight feet long
and three in diameter at the large end.
which diminish 10 an apex in the form Of
rubber tubes small enough 10 place iu the
car.
Between these tubes are two smaller
ones. constructed in the same manner
nut not more than half the diameter BY
placing the rubber tubes in the ear and
speaking through the smaller cones the
person can hear and be heard al a long
distance, and il thus aids mariners in
listening for the sound of breakers. or
carrying on conversation with persons on
shnre or on other Nc1eels at q distance.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-04
HAIR AND CHARACTER.
The observatfons Of a Reflective Barber.

4
"It Is a fact" said the barber, that q
better idea Of character is Oftentime
expressed by the beard than by the cOun-
tenance. The art OF reading character by
the beard is taught as a science in Paris
under the name Of photography and 1
understand book is shortly To be pub
lished in which the principles Of this
science viii be given in detail
Did you ever notice that people Of
very violent temper have always close
growing hair? It's a fact that every man
having close-growing hair is the owner Of
a decidedly bad temper. It is easy
enough for me to note at a single glance
how a mans hair grows. Then 1 know
how to handle him.
The eccentric man has always fine
hair, and YOU never vet saw a man OF
erratic tendencies who at the same time
had a sound mind that was not refined in
his tastes.
Fine hair indicates refinement. You
may have noticed that men engaged i'm
intellectual or especially in aesthetic pur-
suits, where delicacy is required have
invariably fine, luNuriant hair and beard
The same men, as class, particularly
painters, are always remarkable for their
personal peruliarities.
The brilliant, Sprightly fellow. who
by tie way. is almost ALWAYS superficial
has generally n curly beard If not. his
hair is curly. It's easy to bring a smile
to the face Of man whose hair is curly
He laughs where colder natures see
nothing to laugh at. But that's because
his mind is buoyHut and not deep enough
to penetrate to the bottom of things
There is a good deal Of difference
between coarse hair and hair that is
harsh, though It requires an expert to
distinguish it. For example, a mans
mustache may be as fine a silk and vet
cannot hc trained to grow into q graceful
curve. That's because the hair is harsh.
Now people whose hair is harsh have
amiable but cold natures. They are al
ways ready TO listen, but il is difficult to
arouse their feelings. In men Of this
disposition the hair on their heads is
generally, in fact almost always. OF a
shade darker than their boards.
when the beard Is full. covering the
entire face, the color varies from a dark
shade near the roots to red which cpIorS
the cudS of the hair. These men have
very rarely good memory. They forget
easily, and often leave cane or an over
coat behind them in a BARRIERS shop
They are great pr0crastiuators and are
bad at Keeping appointments.
Think over your acquaiutances and
see if the man who is hahituully slow has
not a UU-tache or beard of a Frurcr
shade than his hair. Its always the
ease. These are tho men who come i'm
late at the theatre and get TO the station
just in time TO miss the train.
" But photography is "A science Il
takes years of study and observation TO
acquire it. From long practice and a
natural liking for the art / have attained
considerable skill in discerning charac-
ter Household Words.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-04
Her laugh woapds Hi. Conscience.

4 Lewiston business mans wife has
been away on q visit 10 the old home IN
another city. He has lived, during her
absence, o-tensihly at home, hut really
has been living on pOrterhou-e steaks at
the hotel, and has Just been elected presl-
dent Of new whist club in which he had
a young red-cheeked girl for a partner,
and while Of course he deeply regretted
the enforced absence Of his own dear wife,
hc was managing 10 get along without
piuiu- away very rapidly
The other night he and his roseate
partner had just swept the board. They
had had "A thirteen-tTiek hand and the
rest of the table was nowhere
The Lewiston man went home at 10 30
Things looked lust the same He com
posed himself to write his customary
ter beginning. 1T IS now half-paSt
o'clock I have just come in from my
work on the books. I am awfully tired.
dear, and miss you SO much. / don't
want to hurry YOU home, and I want you
TO stay a long a. you feel like IL, this
time for I shall not want to let you leave
me again. etc, etc
He finished the letter and stamped
aud directed il. and then took a look at
the starlit evening. and thinking he
would finish his cigar he never used 10
smoke in the house, walked out 10 the
corner. When he Eot back he heard
a rustic in the dining, room and looked
i'm.
The light had been moved. There was
q head bending over the light. His
wifc'- smiling face looked up out OF the
Radiance beneath the shade and greeted
him. She was reading the letter. His
heart dropped down his trousers leg.
He felt like death
% Tn reading a charming letter from
you, said She &c So kind OF youl II
sounds like those You used 10 write
before we were married The lady read
it through and she read il aloud
II she'd only got mad ID been all
right, said the Lewiston man. Tuesday;
" but she didn't, she laughed. Every
one of my yarns twisted her up and she
laughed until it made me sick, j never
got such a roast. and the worst of il is
I've lost all my reputation for yeraeity.
II / say l Ia going 10 the lodge she lets
put one OF them laughs and / srAv at
home II l SAY 1 nava been making up a
trial balance 81 the Office and d kept
mo late. she draws that laugh on me and
I wilt It's terrible / feel meHneT
every day. II it keeps on I'll have TO
fix il with a Sealskin cloak. It's my last
resort, but if this thing keeps on and
worse comes TO worse III have to stop
taking degrees and ante on the seal
skin. - Lewiston Me- Journal.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-04
why Men should Not shave.

" How about shaving, Doctor"
It is dangerous habit. You
can trace nearly every case Of tooth
ache and facial neuralgia in a man
to the habit of shaving. If all men
protected their throats 10y chin-whiskers
and the nerves OF the face by a
liberal growth. you wouldn't hear of
half the present ailments. When I was
boy ] never heard of n ease of neural
gia in the facial nerves. In these days
it is as common as cases of ague. Men
used to wear boards. The fashion of
to-day is meant to encourage ailments.
Shaving opens the pores Of the face
and invites neuralgia to step in and
twitch the nerves"
Well, is that all today"
" All but one thing. When a barber
raw winter day please rise up
and punch his head-for me. - Detroit
Free Press.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-04
BENJAMIN EEANELL
1776.
Philadelphia.

Inside the cover at the back is an old
fashioned jewelers. card showing that the
watch was repaired Jan. "a. 1917 by
Fhomas Parker, of Philadelphia. On the
heavy gold face the words, :. ". Tomlin-
son, London. oil, - show where the time
piece was made. Little of the history OF
the watch is known, except that after
Frankin'S death it was worn by his son
in-law Richard Bache, who lost it in a
Philadelphia hotel, while on a visit from
his homestead in Beusalcm, Bucks
County, PA.
AIr. Croft purchased the watch many
years ago from an aged friend, long since
dead, who had owned it 90 long that he
had forgotten how it came into his pos
session. 1t is thought that the watch
was presented to Franklin when he rep
resented the Independent Colonies in the
British court in London. The watch has
been in Mr.. GrOiTs possession nearly
thirty years, during which time it has
never been repaired, and still keeps ac-
curate time
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-04
New PORTRAIT q oneen Yictncia.

Prof. AuLeli. the Queens favorite por-
trait-lGiuter Is expected shortly AT Wind
Sor Castle from Vienna. Tie was over
here in the spring, when he commenced 80
b.. State portrait of Her Majesty. whie.
In now nearly iiui-hcd. u d. "a iifc--il.
picture. and the Queen Is represented in
her royal rnluS and wearing thc crown.
She stands on "a throne, and the rich
folds Of the purple train fall gracefully
down the steps. so that the effect Is alto
gether most imposing The Queen wear
the Garter. This picture Is 20 he placed
in Buckingham Palace with the State
portraits OF Her Mnic-ty'S predecessors.
and as il becomes Crown property. IL Viii
be paid for out of tire civil List and not
out OF the Privv Purse London World.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-04
DIAMOND Cut DIAMOND.

Some people in Montreal must be pos
sessed of what is generally known as
Yankee 'cuteness.
hacllman in that city recently slipped
away from the mansion to which he had
conveyed bridal couple, in order to try
TO pick up a fare during the ceremony and
reception.
But the happy couple were no less fore
handed. The groom insisted that the
fare thus earned should be deducted from
the total bill, and he carried his point.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-04
Keep Near 70 Your chndren

Keep near to your children. Do not
let them grow away from YOU. Keep
them close in your confidence and afTec-
ton 50 they will coniiGe in and not be
afraid of you.
know a lad who takes pleasure in
giving his mother an account of his
doings during the day, whether they are
pleasant or otherwise. She laughs with
him If they are funny, and gently chides
where he IS wrong, but in a way that
does not make him afraid of her
HewillnOt relate asingle instance to his
father, because before the story is half
through he Will begin to scold him for
doing SO and so. II is plainly seen which
can have the most influence with him
-IHelena.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-04
A Social Amiction.

Mrs. Fogg-'.We had a little enter
tainment at the vestry this evening. 1t
was very goCd-that is. the most Cf it:
but there was "a gentleman who read
several pieces, and Tor the life Of me l
couldn't say what they were. I could
hardly understand word he said 1t
was perfectly dreadful to listen to
him"
Fagg-"I can sympathize with you.
No, l don't know who he is but from
what you say Of him it is plain enough
that he Is professional elocutionist. s."
Il Boston Transcript.